Blue on Blue: An Insider's Story of Good Cops Catching Bad

Blue on Blue: An Insider's Story of Good Cops Catching Bad Cops

One of the most authentic and consistently illuminating portraits of police work ever, Blue on Blue describes the fascinating inner workings of the worldâ€™s largest police force and Chief Charles Campisiâ€™s unprecedented two decades putting bad cops behind bars.

From 1996 through 2014 Charles Campisi headed NYPDâ€™s Internal Affairs Bureau, working under four police commissioners and gaining a reputation as hard-nosed and incorruptible. When he retired, only one man on the 36,000-member force had served longer. During Campisiâ€™s IAB tenure, the number of New Yorkers shot, wounded, or killed by cops every year declined by ninety percent, and the number of cops failing integrity tests shrank to an equally startling low.

But to achieve those exemplary results, Campisi had to triple IABâ€™s staff, hire the very best detectives, and put the word out that bad apples wouldnâ€™t be tolerated.

While early pages of Campisiâ€™s absorbing account bring us into the real world of cops, showing, for example, the agony that every cop suffers when he fires his gun, later pages spotlight a harrowing series of investigations that tested IABâ€™s capacities, forcing detectives to go undercover against cops who were themselves undercover, to hunt down criminals posing as cops, and to break through the â€œblue wall of silenceâ€ to verify rareâ€”but sometimes very realâ€”cases of police brutality.

Told in an edge-of-the-seat way by a born storyteller, Blue on Blue puts us in the scene, allowing us to listen in on wiretaps and feel the adrenaline rush of drawing in the net. It also reveals new threats to the force, such as the possibility of infiltration by terrorists. Ultimately, the book inspires awe for the man who, for almost two decades, was entrusted with the job of making sure the words â€œNew Yorkâ€™s Finestâ€ never ring hollow.

A truly revelatory account, Blue on Blue will forever change the way you view police work.
Country USA
Brand Scribner
Manufacturer Scribner
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2017-02-07
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781501127199

Country	USA
Brand	Scribner
Manufacturer	Scribner
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2017-02-07
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781501127199

Blue on Blue: An Insider's Story of Good Cops Catching Bad Cops

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